Realising DReAMS (Developing Resources and Access to Municipal Services) for South and Southeast Asian Local Authorities Project

TOTAL DURATION OF THE ACTION:

36 months, January 16, 2010 to January 16, 2013

PROJECT AIM:

To enable and support Local Authorities to achieve sustainability in their services and urban governance and assist in the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (namely MDG 1 and 7). The local authorities will be facilitated to take informed and well-planned decisions with the help of two tested and accepted innovative tools: the environment and natural resource management system (ecoBUDGET) and the Poverty Database Monitoring System (PDMS).

OBJECTIVES OF THE ACTION:

Awareness Generation

Capacity Building

Natural Resources Management

Reduction of Poverty

PARTNERS:

Bohol – Project Applicant

Guntur Municipal Corporation (India)

Province of Stung Treng (Cambodia)

Municipality of Thimpu (Bhutan)

Municipality of Rajshahi (Bangladesh)

Municipality of Vaxjo (Sweden)

Municipality of Bologna (Italy)

ICLEI – Southeast Asia Secretariat

ICLEI – South Asia Secretariat

ICLEI – European Secretariat

TARGET GROUPS:

Service Providers

Decision Makers and City Administrators

Non-State Actors and Local Communities

Specifically poor and vulnerable groups

Other neighboring cities by sharing experiences and developments

FINAL BENEFICIARIES:

The whole citizenship in the Asian local authorities taking part in the project

ESTIMATED RESULTS:

In each single Asian Local Authorities:

ecoBUDGET adoption

Adoption of PDMS software as support for ecoBUDGET

Creation of local support network

Implementation of ecoBUDGET cycle

Roll-out strategy for the systems transfer to other local governments within the country

List of selected local governments with interest expressed in the initiative

Main activities:

Project Preparation

Events (Project Meetings, Conferences, Field and Study Visits)

Training and Capacity Building

Activity related to PDMS

Activity related to ecoBUDGET

Linking ecoBUDGET and PDMS

Regional Support and International Advocacy

Dissemination

Monitoring and Evaluation of the Project

Bohol specific action: Piloting of municipalities:

With the goal of linking and integrating both ecoBUDGET and the PDMS tools, select municipalities in Bohol will be first piloted with Tubigon as lead municipality. The following shall be the criteria that will be used for the selection of the pilot municipalities:

One for each BIAD

Cooperative Chief Executive

Cooperative and reliable Municipal Planning and Development Coordinators